सातवां वेतन आयोग: यूनियन की चली तो अधिकतम एच.आर.ए. रु.75,000 तक होगा

सातवें वेतन आयोग के भत्तों के लागू होने का केंद्र सरकार के कर्मचारी और अधिकारी को आस है कि अब उनके अच्छे दिन शीघ्र आने वाले हैं. कार्मिकों के कुछ वर्ग को यह भी आस है कि सरकार यूनियन के मांग पर भी सकारात्मक रूख दिखा सकती है. जे.सी.एम. ने सरकार से मांग की है कि एच.आर.ए. के छठे वेतन आयोग के दर को कम नहीं किया जाए और सातवें वेतन आयोग में भी एच.आर.ए. के दर को एक्स, वाई और जेड श्रेणी के शहरों के लिए क्रमश: 30, 20 और 10 प्रतिशत ही रखा जाए. 

अपने इस मांग की वैधता के लिए जे.सी.एम. स्टाफ साईड ने एक विस्तृत मेमोरेण्डम सरकार को भेजा था जिसमें तथ्य और आंकड़े प्रस्तुत करते हुए कहा कि एच.आर.ए. का दर सातवें वेतन आयोग 24,16 और 8 प्रतिशत सिफारिश के अनुसार न रखा जाए. कर्मचारियों के सभी यूनियन इस मांग पर एकमत हैं कि सातवें वेतन आयोग में एच.आर.ए. के दर को एक्स, वाई और जेड श्रेणी के शहरों के लिए क्रमश: 30, 20 और 10 प्रतिशत ही रखा जाए. जे.सी.एम. स्टाफ साईड के एच.आर.ए. सबंधित मांग को स्टाफन्यूज पर पढ़ने के लिए क्लिक करें.

परमन्यूज टीम ने इस बात की गणना की है कि अगर कर्मचारी यूनियनों की मांग को अगर सरकार मानती है तब केन्द्रीय कर्मचारियों को अधिकतम 75,000 प्रतिमाह की दर से मकान किराया भत्ता मिल सकता है. पूर्ण गणना के लिए निम्नलिखित टेबल देखें: 

Pay Band	Grade Pay	7th CPC Pay Matrix	Minimum Pay	Maximum Pay	Union's Demand
					X Class City		Y  Class City		Z Class City
					30%	30%	20%	20%	10%	10%
					Minimum HRA	Maximum HRA	Minimum HRA	Maximum HRA	Minimum HRA	Maximum HRA
PB-1 5200- 20200	1800	1	18000	56900	5400	17070	3600	11380	1800	5690
	1900	2	19900	63200	5970	18960	3980	12640	1990	6320
	2000	3	21700	69100	6510	20730	4340	13820	2170	6910
	2400	4	25500	81100	7650	24330	5100	16220	2550	8110
	2800	5	29200	92300	8760	27690	5840	18460	2920	9230
PB-2 9300- 34800	4200	6	35400	112400	10620	33720	7080	22480	3540	11240
	4600	7	44900	142400	13470	42720	8980	28480	4490	14240
	4800	8	47600	151100	14280	45330	9520	30220	4760	15110
	5400	9	53100	167800	15930	50340	10620	33560	5310	16780
PB-3 15600- 39100	5400	10	56100	177500	16830	53250	11220	35500	5610	17750
	6600	11	67700	208700	20310	62610	13540	41740	6770	20870
	7600	12	78800	209200	23640	62760	15760	41840	7880	20920
PB-4 37400- 66700	8700	13	118500	214100	35550	64230	23700	42820	11850	21410
	8900	13A	131100	216600	39330	64980	26220	43320	13110	21660
	10000	14	144200	218200	43260	65460	28840	43640	14420	21820
67000-79000		15	182200	224100	54660	67230	36440	44820	18220	22410
67000-79000		16	205400	224400	61620	67320	41080	44880	20540	22440
80000		17	225000	225000	67500	67500	45000	45000	22500	22500
90000		18	250000	250000	75000	75000	50000	50000	25000	25000

उपर दिये टेबल के अनुसार एक्स श्रेणी यानि मेट्रो शहरों के मल्टी टास्किंग स्टाफ को न्यूनतम रु. 5400 और अधिकतम रु. 17,070 प्रतिमाह मिलेगा वहीं पुराने ग्रेड पे 4200 अब वेतन मैट्रिक्स लेवल 5 के कर्मचारियों को न्यूनतम रु. 10,620 अधिकतम रु.33,720 तक की राशि मकान किराये भत्ते मिल सकेगा. एक ग्रुप ए अधिकारी सेवा में आने के समय एक्स श्रेणी की शहरों के लिए रु. 16,830, वाई श्रेणी की शहरों के लिए रु. 11,220 तथा जेड श्रेणी की शहरों के लिए रु.5,610 की राशि मकान किराए भत्ते के रूप में प्राप्त कर सकेगा.

अगर हम वर्तमान में होम लोन की किश्तों पर नजर डालें तो प्रति लाख रूपये के लिए करीब 1 हजार रूपये प्रतिमाह किश्त के रूप में अदा करना पड़ता है. यानि केन्द्र सरकार के कम वेतन श्रेणी में कार्यरत एक सामान्य कर्मचारी रु.10 लाख का ऋण अपने मकान के सपने को पूरा करने के लिए आसानी से ले सकेगा. सातवें वेतन आयोग के संशोधित एच.आर.ए. का इंतजार केन्द्र सरकार के सभी वर्ग के कर्मचारी कर रहे हैं. एच.आर.ए. में बढ़ोतरी उनके अच्छे आवास के किराये की अदायगी के लिए आवश्यक तो है ही साथ ही साथ नए ​मकान खरीदने या गृह ऋण की किश्त की अदायगी के लिए भी आवश्यक है. वर्तमान सरकार के योजनाओं की चर्चा करें तो सरकार के 'सबको आवास' योजना के लिए भी एच.आर.ए. में उचित बढ़ोतरी जरूरी है.

परंतु लाख टके का सवाल यह भी है कि सातवें वेतन आयोग की सिफारिश या यूनियन के मांग के अनुसार मकान किराये भत्ते को सरकार कब और किस तिथि से लागू करेगी? क्या सरकार कर्मचारियों के मांग के अनुसार 01.01.2016 से भत्तों पर एरियर देगी? इसके लिए परमन्यूज से जुड़े रहें अगले पोस्ट में सरकार की मंशा का विश्लेषण दिया जाएगा.

Cabinet approves modifications in pay structure, pay matrices :Financial Express

The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi, recently approved important proposals relating to modifications in the 7th CPC (Central Pay Commission) recommendations on pay structure and revision of the three pay matrices in the course of their implementation

The Cabinet has now approved further modifications in the pay structure and the three Pay Matrices, i.e. Civil, Defence and Military Nursing Service (MNS).

The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi, recently approved important proposals relating to modifications in the 7th CPC (Central Pay Commission) recommendations on pay structure and revision of the three pay matrices in the course of their implementation.

The Cabinet, while approving the 7th CPC recommendations for their implementation on 29th June, 2016, had made two modifications in the Defence Pay Matrix as under:

(a) Index of Rationalisation (IOR) of Level 13A (Brigadier) may be increased from 2.57 to 2.67.
(b) Additional 3 stages in Levels 12A (Lt. Col.), 3 stages in Level 13 (Colonel) and 2 stages in Level 13A (Brigadier) may be added.

The Cabinet has now approved further modifications in the pay structure and the three Pay Matrices, i.e. Civil, Defence and Military Nursing Service (MNS). The modifications are listed below:

• Defence Pay Matrix has been extended to 40 stages similar to the Civil Pay Matrix: The 7th CPC had recommended a compact Pay Matrix for Defence Forces personnel keeping in view the number of levels, age and retirement profiles of the service personnel. The Ministry of Defence raised the issue that the compact nature of the Defence Pay Matrix may lead to stagnation for JCOs in Defence Forces and proposed that the Defence Pay Matrix be extended to 40 stages. The Cabinet decision to extend the Defence Pay Matrix will benefit the JCOs who can continue in service without facing any stagnation till their retirement age of 57 years.

• IOR for Levels 12 A (Lt. Col. and equivalent) and 13 (Colonel and equivalent) in the Defence Pay Matrix and Level 13 (Director and equivalent) in the Civil Pay Matrix has been increased from 2.57 to 2.67: Variable IOR ranging from 2.57 to 2.81 has been applied by the 7th CPC to arrive at Minimum Pay in each Level on the premise that with enhancement of Levels from Pay Band 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and onwards, the role, responsibility and accountability increases at each step in the hierarchy. This principle has not been applied in respect of Levels 12A (Lt. Col. and equivalent), 13 (Colonel and equivalent) and 13A (Brigadier and equivalent) of Defence Pay Matrix and Level 13 (Director and equivalent) of the Civil Pay Matrix on the ground that there was a disproportionate increase in entry pay at the level pertaining to GP 8700 in the 6th CPC regime. The IOR for Level 13A (Brigadier and equivalent) in the Defence Pay Matrix has already been revised upwards with the approval of the Cabinet earlier. In view of the request from Ministry of Defence for raising the IOR for Levels 12 A and 13 of the Defence Pay Matrix and requests from others, the IOR for these levels has been revised upwards to ensure uniformity of approach in determining the IOR.

• To give effect to the decisions to extend the Defence Pay Matrix and to enhance the IORs, the three Pay Matrices – Civil, Defence and MNS – have also been revised. While doing so, two calculation errors noticed in the MNS Pay Matrix have also been rectified.

• To ensure against reduction in pay, benefit of pay protection in the form of Personal Pay was earlier extended to officers when posted on deputation under Central Staffing Scheme (CSS) with the approval of Cabinet. The benefit will also be available to officers coming on Central Deputation on posts not covered under the CSS.

IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION (7TH CPC)

IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION (7TH CPC) - REVISION OF PENSION OF PRE-2016 PENSIONERS/FAMILY PENSIONERS (Click the link below to view)

http://document.ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/PPWA_12052017.pdf

7th Pay Commission: Here's why the government may just pull it off

One of the questions thrown at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the press conference to announce the cabinet decision to implement the Seventh Pay Commission report was: You have given government employees a pay hike but have you thought about how the resultant inflation will break the backs of other groups? But did the government have a choice about whether or not to implement the report? Could it (or any other dispensation in its place) actually have dared to say that it will not implement it?

The previous government cleverly announced the constitution of the commission a few months before the 2014 elections when there was no hurry to do so, putting whichever government that would come to power in a bind. Once the report is out, any government would be in a damned-if-it-did-damned-if- it-didn’t situation.

The very people raising red flags about inflation and the fiscal deficit would have slammed the government for being unfair to government employees. At best, it could have delayed implementation – the Sixth Pay Commission award was implemented after 32 months – but that would only have built up a crippling burden of arrears; the arrear burden this time is much less than that of previous pay commissions.

So, the government had no choice but to walk the tightrope between perking up the economy with a much-needed consumption boost and unleashing the just-tamed inflation dragon as well as wrecking public finances. Will that tightrope walk be successful or will the economy fall into an abyss from which it will be difficult to climb back?

Well, the government may just pull it off.

There is no doubt that this will give a huge consumption boost to the economy; with all kind of global headwinds affecting India’s exports, a domestic demand spurt was necessary. Imagine 1 crore people (47 lakh employees and 53 lakh pensioners) suddenly with more money in their hands to spend. Exciting times could be in store for automobiles, housing, consumer durables.

It is not just central government employees who will have more money in their hands. Pay revisions of state government employees, central and state public sector employees, urban local bodies, autonomous bodies and universities will also happen sooner rather than later. Many state governments follow the Central Pay Commission recommendations, while a few have their own pay commissions.

Karnataka and Kerala revised their salaries in 2012 and 2014 respectively, many have not done so since 2006. According to Devendra Pant, chief economist and head, public finance, of India Ratings, the demand boost to the economy coming from the pay revisions of all these categories could be four times that of the Seventh Pay Commission award. He expects a consumption boost of around Rs 45,000 crore or 0.3 per  cent of GDP.

Of course, not all the 1 crore will spend all the money they get. Many of them are going to save as well. Saumya Kanti Ghosh, chief economic adviser, State Bank of India, believes the award will also give a savings boost more than a consumption boost. Looking at the trend of previous pay commission awards, he points out in an Ecowrap report that the growth rate of household savings sees an increase in the year immediately after the submission of the report over the year preceding it. On the other hand, the growth rate of private final consumption expenditure has fallen in all the years following a pay commission award, barring the Sixth Pay Commission. Since that came around the time of the global financial crisis, he argues, risk aversion levels were higher, and people may have preferred to focus on consumption rather than investment.

A likely increase in savings, he writes, is welcome in a year when bank deposits have touched a 53-year low and the impending FCNR (B) redemptions could also lead to outflows from banks in September. He does not put a number on likely savings, but Pant of India Ratings estimates an increase of around Rs 30,000 crore or 0.2 per cent of GDP. For the Indian economy, especially the infrastructure sector, this will be as welcome as a spending boost.

But let’s not overlook the likely flip side. First, the worries on inflation, which could be very real. Earlier pay commission awards have seen a spike in inflation. Inflation levels have come down since the double digit days of two years back, but retail inflation has started inching up recently, and so have global oil prices.

Economists, however, are not losing sleep over this. The increase will be muted and tempered, Saugata Bhattacharya, senior vice-president of Axis Bank pointed out on television, because the new consumer price index is different from the old one in many ways.

It is not just about statistical nuances. Demand push inflation could definitely occur when there is too much money chasing not much supply because factories are not producing more. That is not the case currently. Factories have over-capacity because of lack of demand; capacity utilisation is around 70 per cent. So there is a lot of slack which could keep inflationary conditions under check. Remember, also, that the government could spread out the pay arrears over a period of time and has not yet taken a decision on allowances and when it does it will be implemented with prospective effect. So the effect of a lot of money sloshing around could be staggered.

Besides, the effect of Brexit on global oil and commodity prices is still unknown. Oil prices did fall a bit immediately after Brexit and if the European economy slumps, this could act as a dampener on price rise. “A rise in demand is likely to not only increase capacity utilisation but may also help revive the investment cycle earlier than expected,” according to Pant.

And what of the fiscal deficit? Does the government have the money for this bonanza (there will be an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore) or will it have to miss the fiscal deficit target of 3.5 per cent? Doing so will be bad news and a wrong signal to send out.

Actually, the government has factored a large part of the pay commission award in the 2016-17 budget. There are varying estimates (from Rs 20,000 crore to Rs 38,000 crore) of how much of a gap there will be in the budget. How the government handles this will be the key.

It is not certain, for example, whether the arrears (from January to July) are to be given as a lump sum or spread out over a couple of years. Most analysts feel it will be staggered over the next two years. In that case the impact on the exchequer and inflation will both be muted. Besides, there will be an increase in tax revenue from more income tax collection (due to higher salaries) and excise duty collections – or GST, if it comes – from increased consumption.

Pant estimates that the tax revenue of the centre (after netting out the states’ share) could be around Rs 14,100 crore or 0.09 per cent of GDP. Along with other means to bump up tax revenues as well as non-tax revenue (spectrum sale, disinvestment) the outgo on account of higher salaries and allowances could be made up to a fair extent.

Sure, things could still go awry. Global oil and commodity prices could go up. The monsoon could fail. There could be other shocks to the economy, meaning lower revenue collections and higher expenditure.

The government’s economic managers will need to keep a close watch on the negative fallouts of the pay commission award implementation and act quickly to neutralise them. Otherwise all the gains will be lost.

Source:-http://www.firstpost.com/

Disgruntlement at pay panel proposals

The Seventh Pay Commission recommendations did not receive an enthusiastic response from most government employees, with at least one employees’ federation threatening protests. Military officers said their real grievances had not been resolved.

The Confederation of Central Government Employees (CCGE) on Wednesday registered its protest against the recommendations, while civil services associations remained tight-lipped awaiting complete details.

The CCGE has threatened to advance the launch of an indefinite strike it planned from July 11 to July 4. “The government employees had demanded a minimum salary of Rs. 26,000 as against the Rs. 18,000 recommended by the commission,” said an official.

While the Indian Police Service Association did not issue any formal statement, an officer on condition of anonymity said: “What a pity that a few IAS officers decide the destiny of the civil services, treat commission reports so contemptuously, throw the progressive civil service reform agenda into the dustbin.”

Reacting to the government’s decision, a senior Indian Revenue Service official said the increase in salary was not as high.

An Army officer pointed out that overall the new matrix system would worsen the disparity between military officers and their civilian counterparts. “The last Pay Commission had any way dealt a bad blow to us. This has not only failed to repair the damage but will only worsen it,” he said, referring to the Non Functional Upgrade (NFU) that only the civilian officers enjoy now.

It is in the military that officers stagnate more than any service, because of the steep pyramid. However, we do not get the NFU, whereas civilian counterparts enjoy it,” he said.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/

Calculate New Salary using 7th Pay Commission Pay Scale Calculator

7th CPC was cleared today by Union Cabinet Ministers. To our utter disappointed it is implemented without any changes. But what we can do? Let's see if our Unions can fight.

But before that let us know how much our pay is increasing and how the pay is calculated.

Note: If you are lazy like me, scroll down directly and use the calculator

1. First multiply your current basic with

a) 2.57 if you are in the pay scale of 5200-20200

b) 2.62 if you are in the pay scale of 9300-34800

c) 2.67 if you are in the pay scale of 15600-39100

all higher grade officers will anyways get much higher salaries so we will not discuss about them here.

Now after multiplying your current basic(including grade pay) see this image below.

Now check your new basic as follows.

My basic is 11510. So if if multiply 11510 with 2.57( i'm in 5200-20200 pay scale with grade pay 2400) i will get 29580.07. Round it off to 29581. Now in the first image in pay band 5200-20200 and in grade pay 2400 column check where we find the next higher figure to 29581.

In my case the new basic will be 29600.

So that is my new basic. = 29600. Lets see my new gross salary.

New Basic = 29600

New DA ( as on 01.01.2016) = 0%

New HRA = 29600x24% = 7104 ( i live in hyderabad , so new hra will be 24%)

New TA = 3600+(3600*0%)=3600(For  Higher TPTA cities like mumbai, delhi, hyderabad etc ta will be 3600+DA and for other cities it will be 1800+DA. TA also depend on our new pay level See TA table below)

So my total gross will be 40304.

My present Gross is 32951.

Hike i am getting is 40304  -  32951 = 7353.

And media is calling this as bonanza, bumper offer, inflation will rise.

For lazy people like me you can directly use the calculator. I don't know who created it but thanks to them.

Calculate 7th Pay Commission Salary

Calculate your new salary and comment your old and new salaries below.

UPDATES – 7th PAY COMMISSION All Over in One View:-Must watch

# MoF to work out a customised group insurance scheme with low premium and high risk cover.

# Ex-gratia lump sum compensation for civil and defence forces personnel from 10-20 lakh to 25-45 lakh.

# House Building Advance (HBA) increased from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh.

# Gratuity increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.

# Rate of increment recommended and accepted at 3% per year.

# Separate pay matrices for civil, Defence and MNS.

# The cost of implementing the recommendations of the 7th pay commission will cost Rs 1,02,100 crore to the exchequer: Jaitley.

# The commission has recommended abolishing 52 allowances altogether. Another 36 allowances have been abolished as separate identities, but subsumed either in an existing allowance or in newly proposed allowances: Jaitley.

# Minimum pay of Rs 18,000 per month recommended against the existing Rs 7,000.

# Based on Minimum Pay, fitment factor of 2.57 approved for revising pay of all employees uniformly across all Level: Jaitley.

# Recommendations will be implemented from January 1, 2016. And the arrears will also be payed this year. Covers 47 lakhs employees and 53 lakh pensioners: Jaitley.

# When 5th Pay Commission recommendations were submitted, it took the then government 19 months to implement them: Jaitley.

# Cabinet approved NMEP. To accelerate exploration activity through enhanced participation of private sector: Jaitley.

# Approved proposal to allow women to work in nights: Jaitley.

# Cleared Model Law — malls and movie theaters can remain open 24*7: Jaitley.

# Cabinet approves Revised Cost Estimates for 8 New IITs at Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Mandi, Patna and Rupnagar.

# Accepted recommendations to regulate working hours of those working in Malls and stores: jaitley.

# Approved three proposals regarding national highways Punjab, Odisha and Maharashtra: FM Arun Jaitley.

“We are waiting for more details after the acceptance of the report,” Ashok K Mathur, Chairman 7th Pay Commission, said, adding “at present it appears that the report as given by me seems to have been accepted in toto.”

“This will involve additional expenditure for the Govt in terms of 1,02,100 crores,” Mathur said.

Over one crore Central government employees, past and present, will benefit from the 7th Pay Commission recommendations approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. The panel, headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, had recommended an overall hike of 23.5 per cent, but it is not immediately known what hikes have been cleared for the employees with effect from January 1, 2016. The central government has 50 lakh serving employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

If the recommendations are accepted as it is, it would mean a financial burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore, about 0.7 per cent of the GDP.

A secretaries’ panel, headed Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, has already vetted the 7th Pay Commission recommendation and its report is being translated into a note for Cabinet.

“It in most likelihood will come up before the Cabinet tomorrow (Wenesday),” an official had said.

The government had in January set up the high-powered panel to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing on the remuneration of nearly 50 lakh central government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

The Commission had recommended 23.55 per cent overall hike in salaries, allowances and pension involving an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore or nearly 0.7 per cent of the GDP.

Source:-http://indianexpress.com/